The intangible property for coke is a secret recipe that is preserved in some vault in the US. There's no transfer of IP here and that's not what's in dispute.
The facts are centred around the profitability of concentrate producers that earn the super profits. Operating entities and the US makes a slim margin.
You can read a better informed analysis here.
Didn't bother going through the hoops and installed EndeavourOS which is arch-based with some additional default applications.
For me, the best thing of Arch isn't the distribution but the Arch wiki. An impressive piece of documentation.
No. Takes two seconds to open or close the tap. However, I do sometimes spend time daydreaming under running water so I guess it evens out!
Well, hello there Don Draper
The intention is meritable. As usual, Tories misunderstand how to achieve the stated objective. They'll be creating a secondary market whereby those born before 2009 will supply cigarettes to those born after 2009... for a fee of course. Party of business and entrepreneurialship.
Also, drinking yourself into a stupor seems to be socially acceptable in the UK whilst the cost is much larger.
Cigarettes were already heavily taxed in the UK anyway. The relative share of smokers is much lower compared to places like France.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/smoking-rates-by-country
If the goal is to improve everyone's well-being, is this the best way to achieve it?
Akchually, the United Kingdom has a wide variety of accents and no single "British accent" exists.
There's nothing more manly than eating a hairy butthole
By normal people do you mean the savages that have a palate sophistication of Dhaka's sewage?
Correct. The sake brewed by the fuck is the best sake. Fuck's sake is the best sake (Japanese rice wine for the uninitiated).
If humans weren't lazy (get more with less) we'd still be smashing sticks and stones. Laziness and creativity are inherent to the human development. If the only focus was working hard and it'd pay off the poor fella cleaning the Dhaka sewage would be a billionaire. Surprising that on the face of so much evidence to the contrary the gospel of work hard and get salvation is still a thing.
Manufacturing is different than IP transfers.
IP is owned by the US. What they're describing is transfer pricing. Subsidiaries are owned by coke hence by definition coke sets the prices under which the US charges for their IP. It's tax advantageous to charge a low amount to shift profits to low tax jurisdictions.
Numbers look massive but overall not large enough. Coke is gigantic and the dispute spans multiple years. The IRS hasn't always covered themselves in glory and they may still fumble a technical aspect on the burden of proof.
Interesting to see it unfold but coke has a history of environmental, business and humane malpractices. This is just another outcome of such business model.